Travel Guides

Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory

In 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield managed to use the
knowledge from a $5-correspondence course on ice cream making to
create a multi-million dollar company. Today travellers can enjoy a
trip out to the Ben and Jerry's Factory in Waterbury and get a
chance to see how the famous treats are made and sample their
mouth-watering flavours.

The tours start off in the Cow Over the Moon theatre with a
short documentary on the company's history. From there, visitors
are taken to the factory mezzanine to observe the ice cream
production in progress and to be instructed on how the process
works. Finally, visitors are allowed to sample the flavour of the
day.

During the summer, visitors can stroll the cow pasture, the
Flavor Graveyard, and can also bring a picnic along to enjoy on the
picturesque grounds. A full-service Scoop Shop is available on-site
so that visitors can end off the day with a few scoops of the
famous ice cream. Tours of the factory are conducted daily.

It is worth noting that ice cream is only produced from Monday
to Friday, so on weekends, a short movie is screened instead.
Further events are hosted throughout the year, such as the Free
Cone Day, the Summer Movie Festival throughout the months of July
and August, and the Halloween Festival.